Andrew Strauss will lead England for their entire tour of the West Indies, including four Tests, five one-day Internationals and one Twenty20 match.

Strauss has not played a limited-overs international since the 2007 World Cup, and had not been initially included in Englands one-day squad for the forthcoming tour of the Caribbean.

I am delighted to lead the team in the one-day Internationals and Twenty20, Strauss, 31, said. I know I havent played an ODI since the end of the World Cup but I do feel that I have something to offer in that form of the game.

Now that this situation has been resolved, we can all unite and get about the business of winning cricket matches for England and winning them consistently.

Strauss replaced Kevin Pietersen as England captain after the Hampshire batsman fell out with coach Peter Moores, and eventually resigned.

The selectors feel that it is important to have stability and continuity on the Caribbean tour given the events of the last few days, Geoff Miller, the national selector said. Andrew and I have also agreed that we will review the one-day captaincy at the end of the tour. Andrew is extremely comfortable with that.

However, England will not be appointing a new head coach for the West Indies tour. Instead, Andy Flower, the current assistant coach, and Phil Neale, Englands team operations manager, will lead the existing backroom staff when the squad departs on January 21.